Talk:light year

re: it is preferrable to an alternative term in this case.

Shouldn't that be to use an alternative? It seems to be saying exactly backwards.

A light year travels a lot of distance.

Old English?
How on earth could Old English have a word for 'light year', when the term did not and could not exist until the speed of light was accurately measured?


 * Because Old English, like Latin, is still in use and has developed a modern vocabulary. See, e.g., ang:w:lēohtgēar in the Old English Wikipedia. —Stephen 14:44, 29 May 2008 (UTC)